Lost City, Nevada

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89040. The Survey maps it on the Valley of Fire East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lost City within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1886 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1893 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000
1926 USGS Bonelli quadrangle1:96000
1953 USGS Overton Beach quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Valley of Fire East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1987 USGS Lake Mead quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Lost City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 354 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Natural	6
Recreation and ceremony	6
Arson/incendiarism	2
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Fireworks	1
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
26 September 1993	Fireworks	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	WEDDINATON
17 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	VISITOR
13 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	BAKER
14 August 2005	Natural	25 acres	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	DIRTY NECK
12 August 2004	Natural	50 acres	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	OVERTON
11 August 1996	Natural	127 acres	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	DRIPPING S
4 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Lower Colorado Region	SWAMP SPRING
25 July 2001	Debris and open burning	100 acres	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	OVERTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Lost City (historical): 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Overton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Salt Cove Salt Domes	Salt	Occurrence
Salvation Salt Mine	Salt	Past Producer
Simplot Silica Sand Co. Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Moapa Placer	Silica	Past Producer
R-55 Pit & Plant	Silica	Past Producer
Red Sand Pit	Silica	Past Producer
Simplot Pit No. 1	Silica	Producer
West Coast Silica Pit & Mill	Silica	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Saint Thomas (historical)	1.6 miles	22
Kaolin (historical)	2.3 miles	21
Overton	5.2 miles	21
Old Overton (historical)	6.0 miles	21
Simonsville (historical)	6.2 miles	21
Glassand	6.6 miles	21
Saint Joseph (historical)	6.9 miles	21
Stewarts Point	7.6 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 847639. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.